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Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar: Write and Speak Chinese Like a Native! the Ultimate Guide to Everyday Chinese Usage
Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar is a systematic overview of Mandarin grammar, oriented toward self-study, English-speaking students.
Through explanations of common mistakes learners make, useful example sentences and exercises with an answer key, this book provides a detailed introduction to the unique grammar structures of the Mandarin language.
Ideal for any student who is interested in taking their skills to the next level, this book makes the difficult task of perfecting grammar efficient, interesting and rewarding. Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar is a perfect tool to help you form correct and natural-sounding sentences, and determine how to best use the grammar you need for reading or writing Mandarin.
Each example and exercise is written in both pinyin and Simplified Chinese Characters to accommodate learners with varying levels of character literacy, including those who have learned only to speak but not read.
Through explanations of common mistakes learners make, useful example sentences and exercises with an answer key, this book provides a detailed introduction to the unique grammar structures of the Mandarin language.
Ideal for any student who is interested in taking their skills to the next level, this book makes the difficult task of perfecting grammar efficient, interesting and rewarding. Essential Mandarin Chinese Grammar is a perfect tool to help you form correct and natural-sounding sentences, and determine how to best use the grammar you need for reading or writing Mandarin.
Each example and exercise is written in both pinyin and Simplified Chinese Characters to accommodate learners with varying levels of character literacy, including those who have learned only to speak but not read.
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480 pages, Paperback
Published May 19, 2020
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June 29, 2022
The way this book is presented does not make it easy to learn from. Unlike the Japanese and Korean editions in this series, it is not easy to quickly look up a grammar point you've come across; instead, you have to work through it and complete exercises as if it's a textbook/workbook, which is not want I wanted or expected when I ordered it. It might suit some learners that way, but all I was after was a quick reference to look up new grammar points or to find a way to express something I wanted to say. It's not easy to do either of those things given this book's structure.
August 1, 2025
As a non native Chinese teacher, I loved this book. It’s beautiful!!! It has everything anyone needs to know about basic to intermediate Chinese grammar. I wish this had existed back in the day, it would have saved me 20 years ago. Sadly, it did not exist back then.
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